https://www.ipernity.com/tag/323415/keyword/3163037 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/105/57/EF/323415.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/323415/keyword/3163037 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:30:24 +0000 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:30:24 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/37016330 tag:ipernity.com,2015-02-13,doc-37016330 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:40:57 +0000 2014-04-01T00:00:00+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/37016330"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/63/30/37016330.2476b621.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A Benedictine nunnery existed here for centuries. It was founded already within the 9th century. In 920 Carolingian Charles III (aka "Charles the Simple") signed a document confirming privileges bestowed to the convent by his grandfather Charles II (aka "Charles the Bald").<br /> <br /> Since the end of the 11th century relics of Saint Annobert were venerated here, about the same time the erection of this church may have started. The process was slow. <br /> <br /> The "Abbaye Notre-Dame de Morienval" existed upto 1745 and since then the church serves as a parish church. <br /> <br /> The church was locked, but thanks to a friendly French couple, the doors were open after while. Waiting for the keys, I found this carving, mounted on a wall next to the church. A medieval abbess, holding crosier and bible, or the Virgin (crown? nimbus?) on a throne. Or saying the abbess represents the Virgin here. Morienval = Valley of Mary?</div> Morienval - Notre-Dame <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/37016330"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/63/30/37016330.2476b621.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A Benedictine nunnery existed here for centuries. It was founded already within the 9th century. In 920 Carolingian Charles III (aka "Charles the Simple") signed a document confirming privileges bestowed to the convent by his grandfather Charles II (aka "Charles the Bald").<br /> <br /> Since the end of the 11th century relics of Saint Annobert were venerated here, about the same time the erection of this church may have started. The process was slow. <br /> <br /> The "Abbaye Notre-Dame de Morienval" existed upto 1745 and since then the church serves as a parish church. <br /> <br /> The church was locked, but thanks to a friendly French couple, the doors were open after while. Waiting for the keys, I found this carving, mounted on a wall next to the church. A medieval abbess, holding crosier and bible, or the Virgin (crown? nimbus?) on a throne. Or saying the abbess represents the Virgin here. Morienval = Valley of Mary?</div> Martin M. Miles